01/01/2006 Happy New Year! Skiing is great and nobody is here! Love this hut. Jan & Jerry

01/02/06 Still mostly all covered. Raining some with snow (3-8") from yesterday. 3 days left in PA. Skiday #112 since Sep 01. Tom Szwodko

01/03/06 Very fast, slight crust, mostly covered. Tom Szwodko

01/07/06 About 4" snow (new), good control, 2" base, rained last week. Norm Snyder & Bruce L. Manzano of North Huntingdon, PA Great day for learning to x ski.

01/08/05 1:00 PM Where are you guys? We were here. Jeff, Elaine, Rosie, & Tim Have a Good one! Go Steelers! Beat Cinci.

1/16/06 MLK Day - Light snow cover - not enough to ski, but hiking is great! Nancy, Carol & dogs came in from Fish Hatchery! Enjoy the day!

1/16/06 MLK Day - Light snow cover - not enough to ski, but hiking is great! Nancy, Carol & dogs came in from Fish Hatchery! Enjoy the day!

2/2/2006 Hiked in from Tunnel Road, lower parking lot. Did some trail cleaning along the way. There were patches of snow on the North side of the Mtn. High 40 degrees, some sun, good hiking weather. Jerry

2/7/2006 Super Bowl Sunday. Light snow cover - Come on Snow, so we can ski all of February. Hiking today and picking up fallen branches along the trail. Go Steelers - Just can't figure out why no one is here today? Jan & Jerry

2/10/2006 Minimum snow on trail - Just enough to ski. Calling for snow tonight through Sunday. A little sticky today but not as bad as Laurel Ridge yesterday. Jan & Jerry

2/11/2006 Perfect temperature. Could use a bit more snow. Fist time here - Love the trails. Kurt & Elaine

2/12/20006 Wonderful day. Its good to be out again. KEEP SNOWING! Jeff + Rebekah, Oakmont, PA

2/12/2006 Lots of new snow, finally. Jerry skied in from Tunnel Road and met us here. Fred & Nancy S

2/12/2006 Skied in at dusk to enjoy a cozy early Valentines Day dinner. Light snow falling as we arrived - we hope it continues! The fire was still going from earlier visitors (thanks), so we went right to the dinner phase. Hope the moon pierces the overcast so the headlamps can be left off.

Peace and good Snow to all. Bill & Sandy

2/14/2006 Had to get out today because 50°s predicted by Thursday. *" good snow this morning bu its already starting to melt. Its been a rotten skiing season except for December. Part of Shaffer Run Loop a& Mt View Loop messed up by snowmobiles. Ray Povirk

2/17/2006 Hiked in with Kirt & Eliane Hast from Somerset. Cold but beautiful. Different than home.

Keith H____. Hillsboro, KS.

2/18/2006 Snowy morning Mike! Larry & Matt Myers, Greensburg, PA

2/18/2006 Walk in from Tunnel (Rd). Cleared lots of limbs. Still snowing! Stop for a bite to eat. H.V.S.P.

2/19/2006 Very nice trail system!!! Cordova 1

2/19/2006 I agree, not enough snow for skiing.

2/22/2006 Even tho no snow - a really nice hike with a neat companion. We'll be back - Pat, Carol, Mattie, & Beau

7/16/2006 Moose & Alicia biked here. We were through here about 10 years ago. All is nearly the same except for that mess out on Route 31. We started at Hidden Valley and are headed for Lynn Run! Have a Great Dat! (You can tell we're mountain bikers. Can't spell Linn Run)

7/23/2006 This just a busy day. I'm just pushing through on Mt bike from Walat's Bar on Route 30 going to 7-Springs, then back. There'll be a couple of nice cold ones waiting for me. Moustashe Jack

7/24/2006 John & Sally hiking through to ? LHHT. Beautiful day! Low humidity! There was a garter snake in box above wood pile! We'll be back when there is snow for x-country skiing.

8/11/2006 Dan H. and Dan L. (Dan²) biked here all the way from Ohio. Not really. Wonderful sunny August day, almost feels like Fall. Go OSU football!!

8/12/2006 8:20 AM Hunting Wylie Coyote. Semper Fi

8/13/2006 Doug, Sam, Hiking. Neat area. SVL

8/13/2006 Thanks, Breakfastchief

88/13/2006 Escaping the city for a few hours. Open house at our house so we had to vacate the premises. Great blackberries. TGH & Katy

8/13/2006 Took a walk for a while just to escape. The dog is loving it! Nick

8/13/2006 We took a walk to get out of the house for our Open House. We decided not to leave the dog (Katy) in her crate so took her with us. She (along with us) are loving the no cars thing! Mikaila H. PA: Wasp nest over door (underside of rafter)

8/18/2006 My husband wanted to show me where he and his riding friends ride their horses. It's an hours drive to get here from the boarding stables. I definitely want to come back in the fall for an autumn hike. It should be beautiful then. Janice

8/31/2006 Early hike but its starting to rain so I must go. Nice cool day. Hi Carol. Janice, Carol, & Nancy

9/3/2006 Carol, Nancy, & I are enjoying the cool temps today. She really does have a life away from the warming hut. Pat, Carol, & Nancy

9/4/2006 We saw 2 Flags & some cool looking fungus & flowers. Good day for a walk in the woods. It is too hot for a fire.

9/4/2006 Just passing through and stopped to smoke a dub then will be on my way. Biked from Laurel Mt Ski Resort to 7-Springs and back. Then on the return trip and pushing the envelope for darkness. Great ride! Peace, Moustashe Jack

9/10/2006 1:45 PM Beautiful Autumn Day. Where were you on 9/11/01? I was working on a PA Turnpike bridge erection @ MP 118 - just before the Allegheny Tunnel. We heard and felt the awful blast of the Airliner slaming into the ground, only three miles from Shanksville, PA.

I remember earlier telling a new employee - after he asked about a directional sign that read "Shanksville 4" "What's in Shanksville?" - I replied, "Nothin! nothing ever happens in Shanksville" And then a half-hour later history changed forever. Tom Rocks, Acme, PA

PS: Who threw the junk wood out at the parking area on Tunnel Road? What a disgrace!!

9/10/2006 4 PM Larry & Lori out for a walk. Amazed at the beauty and peace of nature. Hope you are enjoying it too.

9/24/2006 A rainy, rainy Sunday morning. We are just out on an exercising hike. Came from Fire Tower Rd off of Rt-31. From here we will turn around and go back. Go Steelers!! Susan & Suzanne

9/26-2006 Tom & Francis filled up wood boxes. Enjoy the fire.

9/27/2006 Beautiful Autumn day on the low seventies. Thanks to whomever stacked all the wood. My friend Joe wants to just sit here & wait for the snow to fly (he's a cross-country skier)! Remember always to practice random acts of kindness. Sherry & Joe

10/1/2006 Temp in the lo 50s. A promise of fall in the air and in the foliage. Hoping to get snowed in here this winter. Trekked in from 31 parking, hope to cross the T-pike bridge before turning into a pumpkin - George

10/7/2006 Nice hut - a couple of hitching posts for the horses would (be) nice.

10/8/2006 What a beautiful day to spend with a good friend on a hike - little muddy & a bug flew in my ear. Other than that enjoying life with each other. Rachel & Paul, Pgh, PA PS: Just remember wherever you go, there you are.

10/8/2006 Nice day fo a hike. Great weather & the leaves are getting just about perfect. Found the geocache.

Mike & Maryellen & Brother K??

10/10/2006 Give thanks to God for the beauty of Autumn! Out with good friends taking it all in, Susan, Janice, Marsha

10/23/2006 Out doing a little geocaching. This just happened to be one of the cached. Really cool cabin I would like to bring family back to and maybe build a fire and have a picnic (geocaching.com). Jin Bat from Vanderbilt, PA

11/10/2006 Out for a ride on a very beautiful & mild Nov. afternoon. Temp's in the high 60s. Everything out here is great, as always. Peace, Nevin

11/22/2006 Out for a litte 2 hour hike before Turkey Day.. burn some extra calories to make room! Layer of snow covering most of the trail but nice warm day with sunshine! Always love it out here no matter what the weather. Brooke & little dog Terry

11/23/2006 Out for a walk - Father & Son. Wonderful day. Thank you for this wonderful warming hut. John & Matt

11/26/2006 If anyone was planning on skiing the My View Tr, don't bother. Its fenced off for the logging operator and the Bypass Road is too rocky for skis! Mike

12/3/2006 Mt View Trail is fine - actually it is better than it has been for a long tome. Jerry

12/3/2006 Jerry scared us to death! Luckily we knew the password! Beautiful day to hike. Nancy & Carol, Sophie, Mattie & Beau (I was holding the door shut when Carol approached & in a loud voice asked for the password - Jerry)

12/3/2006 Hut looks good. Talked with skiers. Jim Twardy

12/11/2006 Back again on horses! Still need a hitching post! Hint, Hint Nice trails even when muddy. Beautiful day 50°. Sandy & Shelby

12/17/2006 Can you believe it? Its Dec 17th & Carol & I are walking! Where's "Old Man Winter"? I came up from VA to cross-country ski! Dee Green